Pulsatilla

▲   GENERAL

General

The weather-cock among remedies.

The disposition and mental state are the chief guiding symptoms to the selection of Pulsatilla ^Pulsatilla. It is pre-eminently a female remedy, especially for mild, gentle, yielding disposition. Sad, crying readily; weeps when talking; Changeable, contradictory. The patient seeks the open air; always feels better there, even though he is chilly. Mucous membranes are all affected. Discharges thick, bland, and yellowish-green. Often indicated after abuse of Ferrum Met ^Iron tonics, and after badly-managed measles. Symptoms ever changing. thirstless, peevish, and chilly. When first serious impairment of health is referred to age of puberty. Great sensitiveness. Wants the head high. Feels uncomfortable with only one pillow. Lies with hands above head.

Dose

Third to thirtieth attenuation.

▲   MODALITIES ETC

Worse

WORSE, from heat, rich fat food, after eating, towards evening, warm room, lying on left or on painless side, when allowing feet to hang down.

Better

BETTER, open air, motion, cold applications, cold food and drinks, though not thirsty.

▲   RELATIONSHIPS

Compare

Compare: Cyclamen Europaeum ^Cyclamen; Kali Bich ^Kali-bich.; Kali Sulphuricum ^Kali-sulph.; Sulphur. Pimenta - Allspice - (one-sided neuralgias, parts of body hot and cold). Anagyris (headache, amenorrhoea).

Complementary

Complementary: Coffea Tosta ^Coffea; Chamomilla ^Chamom.; Nux Vomica ^Nux.

▲   MIND

Mind

Weeps easily

Timid, irresolute

Fears in evening to be alone, dark, ghosts

Likes sympathy

Children like fuss and caresses

Easily discouraged

Morbid dread of the opposite sex

Religious melancholy

Given to extremes of pleasure and pain

Highly emotional

Mentally, an April day.

Behaviour

shrieking; during sleep

inclination to sit

sits quite stiff; still

Delirium; with sleepiness

Delusions, imaginations, hallucinations, illusions; desire for open air

Symptoms follow intense emotions; fright

Excitement

ailments from emotional excitement

Emotions, feelings, attitude, disposition

forsaken feeling

indifference, apathy, etc.

irritability

loathing; disgust

mildness

mood; changeable, variable mood

morose

excessively religious (see anxiety, despair, fear); praying

sensitive, oversensitive

during heat

suspicious

unhappy; grief

unhappy; lamenting, regretting; moaning, groaning; during heat

unhappy; sadness, mental depression

evening

open air

before period

warm room

weeping, crying, tearful mood (lamenting)

being in open air

causeless, groundless, with no reason

during the chill

during the heat

involuntary

while breast feeding

when telling of sickness

Hysteria

Intellectual faculties

impaired thinking; absent-minded (see forgetful)

impaired thinking; confusion; after eating

impaired thinking; confusion; while walking; walking in open air

impaired thinking; confusion; in a warm room

impaired thinking; dull, sluggish

Insanity; mania, madness; when period is suppressed

Insecure, uncertain, scared

anxiety

anxiety; night

anxiety; during chill

anxiety; as if in hot air

anxiety; in house

fear; evening

twilight

fear; of insanity

timidity; bashful

Preoccupied; absorbed, buried in thought; introspection

Restlessness, nervousness

night

during heat

walking in open air

Talking, conversation; dislike of talking, desire to be silent, taciturn

Unconsciousness

in a crowded room

transient

afternoon, in warm room

warm room

▲   VERTIGO, DIZZINESS

Vertigo

Wandering stitches about head; pains extend to face and teeth; vertigo; better in open air

Morning

forced to lie down

on rising

Evening

After eating

As if intoxicated

When lifting a weight

From looking at.; looking upwards

Must lie down

In women

during period

when period is suppressed

Perception of objects distorted; seem to be too far off

On rising; from a seat

While sitting

On stooping

Spinning

While walking

while in the open air

▲   HEAD

Head

Pressure on vertex.

Congestion (see pulsation); fullness; walking in open air

warm room

Hot; in a warm room

Pulsating

forehead

forehead; open air

forehead; during period

Warm coverings on head

Headache

Frontal and supraorbital pains

Neuralgic pains, commencing in Right temporal region, With scalding lachrymation of affected side

headache from overwork

Heaviness (see pain; pressing); on stooping

Pain, headache

evening

air

open (see walking in open air)

affected by certain foods and drinks (improved, brought on or aggravated); after eating

affected by certain foods and drinks (improved, brought on or aggravated); after over eating

affected by certain foods and drinks (improved, brought on or aggravated); hot drinks

affected by certain foods and drinks (improved, brought on or aggravated); after ice cream

eyes and vision (affecting or affected by); looking upward

with running or blocked nose; blowing nose

from emotions

after a fright

nervous

from exertion; physical exertion; from running

from exertion; mental exertion

with stomach complaints

while lying down; lies with head high

in women; from suppressed period

in women; after period; on stopping of period

from certain movements; from stooping

pressure

constricting head

pulsating

while standing

from being in vaults, cellars, etc.

walking; while walking rapidly

walking; in open air

walking; while walking slowly

from warmth; summer

from warmth; from exposure to sun

warm room

from wrapping up head

extending to other parts; eyes

in forehead

pressure

pulsating

when indoors; in a warm room

while standing

from stooping

above eyes

above eyes; pulsating

sides; one side

temples

evening

open air

bursting; forehead

dull pain

pressing (see bursting, pulling)

pulsating

when indoors

when indoors; in a warm room

forehead; evening

forehead; over eyes

sore bruised, sensitive to pressure; forehead

stitching, sudden, sharp

Scalp

Skin and scalp

perspiration; scalp

perspiration; scalp; one-sided

▲   EYES

Eyes

Thick, profuse, yellow, bland discharges

Itching and burning in eyes

Profuse lachrymation and secretion of mucus

Lids inflamed, agglutinated

styes

Veins of fundus oculi greatly enlarged

Ophthalmia neonatorum

Subacute conjunctivitis, with dyspepsia; worse, in warm room.

Discharges of mucus or pus

from out-breaks on skin

yellow

corner

inner

morning

Dryness

warm room

Growth, tumour

sty

sty; upper lid

Fistula (abnormal hole); tear glands

tear glands

generating pus

on pressure

Inflammation

acute

of catarrh from cold

cold

with gonorrhoea

infants

coming and going quickly

open air

glandular swellings

wounds; conjunctiva (external lining of eye); oozing pus (including cornea)

wounds; tear duct

wounds; above eye, towards temple

wounds; lachrymal sac

Itching

evening

open air

lids

margin

evening

Pain

evening

aching

evening

burning, smarting, gnawing, biting

evening

open air

itching

must rub

warm room

tearing

Paralysis; optic nerve, total blindness, without eye damage (amaurosis)

Sunken

Swellings

glandular swellings

tear sac

Tears

morning

with cough

in cold air

in wind

Vision

Colours and shapes in front of eyes; colours; halo of colours; around the light

Dim

evening

while walking; fast

evening; when warm from exertion

open air

after physical exertion

in warmth

Foggy

rubbing

Lost vision, blindness

during period

Short-sightedness

▲   EARS

Ear

Sensation as if something were being forced outward

Hearing difficult, as if the ear were stuffed

Otorrhoea

Thick, bland discharge; offensive odor

External ear swollen and red

Catarrhal otitis

Otalgia, worse at night

Diminishes acuteness of hearing.

Coldness; as if frozen

Discharges from ear

catarrh in Eustachian tube (tube connecting ear to nose)

after measles

pus

following disease

thick

yellow

sh green

Inflammation

skin erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour)

Eustachian tube (tube connecting ear to nose)

media

Itching; external ear

Noises in ear

ringing

roaring

rushing; in time with pulse

Pain

night

inside (in ear canal)

aching

pressing

outward

stitching, sudden, sharp

tearing in

Pulsation; night

Skin

discoloration; redness

discoloration; redness; ear canal

out-breaks on skin; behind ears; pus-filled pimples

Stopped sensation

Swelling

inside (ear canal)

Ear wax

black

hardened

Hearing

Impaired

catarrh of Eustachian tube (tube connecting ear to nose)

after a cold

after measles

▲   FACE

Face

Right-sided neuralgia, with profuse lachrymation

Swelling of lower lip, which is cracked in middle

Prosopalgia towards evening till midnight; chilly, with pain.

Congestion (see heat)

Heat

Inflammation

parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe)

parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe); spread of malignant tumour to breasts

parotid gland (gland in front and below ear lobe); spread of malignant tumour to testes

Lips; dryness

Pain

right

while walking in open air; becoming warm

wandering pain

warm room

extending to other parts; ears

sudden, sharp

tearing

evening

cold applications

extending to ear

Perspiration

during heat

on one side of face

Skin

discoloration; iron deficiency anaemia (greenish-yellow discoloration)

out-breaks on skin

crusty, scabby; nose; inside and on nose

rash

red; erysipelas (inflamed from infection, deep red colour); erratic

▲   NOSE

Nose

Loss of smell

Large green fetid scales in nose

Yellow mucus; abundant in morning

Bad smells, as of old catarrh

Nasal bones sore.

Nose bleed

in women; when period is suppressed

Catarrh

open air

Discharge from nose

bland

burning

greenish

offensive smelling

from ulcer or disease of nasal bones

suppressed

thick

watery; in open air

yellow

morning

evening

sh-green

Odours, imaginary and real; putrid

Pain

Skin or lining of nose

powdery flaking skin nostrils (see discharges)

ulcers; wings

Smell; lost sense of smell

Discharge

Coryza; stoppage of right nostril, pressing pain at root of nose

Stoppage in evening

Running or blocked nose (coryza)

blocked

evening

warm room

open air

running, wet

in open air

in warm room

dry; alternating with fluent

Sneezing

in a warm room

▲   MOUTH

Mouth

Dry mouth, without thirst; wants it washed frequently

Desire for tonics.

Odour (halitosis, bad breath); offensive; morning

Lips

Frequently licks the dry lips

Crack in middle of lower lip

Gums and teeth

Teeth

pain; evening

pain; cold air

pain; cold; cold water

pain; from heat; from warm drinks

pain; from heat; from warm food

pain; from heat; external warmth

pain; from heat; from warm things

pain; heat; warm bed

pain; heat; warm room

pain; from poisoning by quinine

pain; walking; in open air

pain; pulling; as if nerves were stretched

pain; pulling; in warm room

pain; as if being bitten

evening

pain; jerking; as if nerves were stretched and let loose

pain; stitching, sudden, sharp, stinging; with suppressed period

tension

Saliva

Much SWEET saliva

Dryness

morning

with no thirst

Saliva

like cotton

mucus, slime; morning

mucus, slime; like cotton

Tongue

yellow or white tongue, covered with a tenacious mucus

Discoloration

tongue; white

tongue; white; morning

Dryness

tongue

tongue; on waking

tongue; without thirst

Saliva; mucus, slime; collection of mucus on tongue (see sticky)

Tongue; tongue seems too wide

Taste

Greasy taste

Toothache; relieved by holding cold water in mouth ( Coffea Cruda ^Coff.) Offensive odor from mouth ( Merc Viv ^Merc.; Aurum Metallicum ^Aur.) Food, especially bread, tastes bitter

Alterations of taste, bitter, bilious, greasy, salty, FOUL

Loss of taste

Saliva; sweet (see taste)

Taste

bad

bad; morning

bitter

morning

evening

during eating

after eating

food tastes bitter; after swallowing

while smoking

after smoking

clammy

clay-like

burnt

flavourless

nauseous

morning

from smoking

putrid

meat tastes putrid

slimy

from smoking

sticky after-taste

sweetish

tasteless, lacks taste

tastelessness of food

with running, or blocked nose

▲   THROAT

Throat

Larynx (voice box); scraping, clearing

Choking, constricting

on swallowing (compare stomach; retching)

on swallowing (compare stomach; retching); solids

Dryness

morning

while waking

Sensation of something in throat

as from dust

sulphur vapour

Inflammation; larynx; from getting heated

Irritation; larynx

Mucus

morning

clinging; morning

clinging; night

Pain

larynx; during heat

rawness; larynx; from coughing

sudden, sharp

Tickling in the air passages

warm room

larynx

in trachea (wind pipe)

Voice; rough

▲   CHEST

Chest

Anxiety

evening

night

while lying down; lying on left side

Breast

milk; increased

milk; in non-pregnant women

milk; suppressed

Catarrh

Fullness

evening

heart; evening

Heart

palpitations

night

night

in bed

anxiety

after eating

during fever

while lying down

while lying down; side; left

after supper

tumultuous, violent, intense

Inflammation

bronchial tubes (bronchitis)

lungs

when period is suppressed

Lungs

haemorrhage (see expectoration); women; after suppression of period

tuberculosis

acute

early stages

last stage

Oppressed feeling

evening

in open air

heart

evening

Pain

bending forward

during a cough

while lying down; on side; sound

lower chest

heart

evening

pressing; heart; evening

sore, bruised

collar bone; below

stitching, sudden, sharp; wandering

Pulsation

night

night; interrupting sleep

Swelling; breast

Respiration

Capricious hoarseness; comes and goes

Dry cough in evening and at night; must sit up in bed to get relief; and loose cough in the morning;, with copious mucous expectoration

Pressure upon the chest and soreness

Great soreness of epigastrium

Urine emitted with cough ( Causticum ^Caust.) Pain as from ulcer in middle of chest

Expectoration bland, thick, bitter, greenish

Short breath, anxiety, and palpitation when lying on left side ( Phosphorus ^Phos.) Smothering sensation on lying down.

Respiratory allergies (including hayfever)

Asthma attack

evening

night

in children

after suppressed out-breaks on skin

hysterical

Difficult (dyspnea)

open air

after eating

from suppressed measles

with suppressed period

wants doors and windows open

as if inhaled fumes of sulphur

while walking

walking rapidly

from warmth; in a warm room

Loud; in sleep

Rattling

Like deep snoring; during sleep

▲   COUGH

Cough

Morning

Evening

Night

Open air

Becoming warm in bed

Constant

evening

lying down

Dry cough

evening

lying down

night

sitting up

expectoration only in morning

while lying down

from scraping in larynx

from tickling in larynx

From emotions; on becoming heated

On exertion

physical exertion

violent exertion

Exhausting cough

night

night; disturbing sleep

Sensations in throat and air passages (either from coughing, or causing coughing); as from dust

from irritation in air passages

in larynx

scraping; from larynx

Loose

morning

While lying down

evening

must sit up

night

must sit up

disturbs sleep; preventing sleep

With measles; after measles

From mucus; in chest

Comes on suddenly

Racking

sitting up

Intermittent

Sensation of sulphur fumes or vapour

Tickling; larynx

Violent

On becoming warm; in a warm room

▲   EXPECTORATION

Expectoration

Daytime only

Morning

on rising

Bloody, spitting of blood (see chest haemorrhage)

Greenish

Yellow

morning

Copious

Difficult

Mucous

Noticeable taste

bitter

of old catarrh

greasy

nauseous

salty

Thick; and sticky

▲   SKIN

Skin

Urticaria, after rich food, with diarrhoea, from delayed menses, worse undressing

Measles

Acne at puberty

Varicose veins.

Chapping

Cracks

Discoloration

moles (see abnormal growths)

pale

Dry; burning

Abnormal growths

ulcers

ulcers; gnawing, biting

ulcers; burning

around about ulcer

ulcers; cold air

ulcers; cold application

ulcers; deep

ulcers; discharges; copious

ulcers; discharges; offensive; putrid

ulcers; discharges; yellow

ulcers; with deep hole (fistula)

ulcers; hardened

with red circle around

ulcers; itching; around about

ulcers; with jerking pain

ulcers; mottled with red circle

ulcers; painful; around about

ulcers; red with red circle

ulcers; sensitive

around ulcers

ulcers; smarting

ulcers; stinging, sudden, sharp

in red circle around

ulcers; generating pus

with pain

ulcers; swollen

with red circle

ulcers; tense

with red circle

ulcers; varicose

Inflammation

Itching

gnawing, biting

burning

crawling

scratching

unchanged by scratching

stinging

Loss of feeling

Out-breaks on skin

gnawing, biting

chicken-pox

discharging, moist; white

discharging, moist; yellow

measles

pimples

rash (see granular)

rose coloured patches

stinging

Pain

gnawing, biting

ulcerative pain

Sticking

Swelling

of parts affected with symptoms

bluish-black

fluid in tissues

hard

inflamed

stinging

Swollen sensation

▲   BACK AND NECK

Back

Shooting pain in the nape and back, between shoulders; in sacrum after sitting.

Coldness

evening

as if cold water spurted on back

travelling down back

like cold water poured down the back

sacrum (base of spine); chilliness

Constriction; lumbar (lower half of back), as from a tight band

Pain

during chill

extending to back of head and top of head (occiput and vertex)

while lying down; forcing to move, constantly in bed; which brings no relief

on gentle movement

when beginning to move

rising from sitting

when sitting long, almost impossible to get up

rising from stooping

after prolonged stooping

while sitting; after a long time sitting

in women; during labour

in women; before period

in women; from when period is suppressed

extending to other parts; back of head (occiput); and top of head (vertex), during chill

lumbar (lower half of back)

during period

when period is suppressed

on rising from a seat

lower back / base of spine

sacrum (base of spine)

during movement

gentle movement

while walking; slow

aching

before period

after sitting for a long time

lumbar (lower half of back); labour-like

base of spine

compressing; lumbar (lower half of back); takes away the breath

pulling; extending to other parts; back of head and top of head (occiput and vertex), during chill

labour-like

small of back

small of back; during period

base of spine

pressing; lumbar (lower half of back)

during period

as if sprained; lumbar (lower half of back)

on movement

Weakness (tired feeling, in spine); lumbar (lower half of back)

▲   ABDOMEN

Abdomen

Pain as from subcutaneous ulceration

Dislikes butter ( Sanguinaria Canadensis ^Sang.) Heartburn

Thirstlessness, with nearly all complaints

Pain in stomach an hour after eating ( Nux Vomica ^Nux.) Weight as from a stone, especially in morning on awakening

Gnawing, hungry feeling ( Abies c.) Perceptible pulsation in pit of stomach ( Asa Foetida ^Asaf.) All-gone sensation, especially in Tea drinkers

Water brash, with foul taste in the morning.

Painful, distended; loud rumbling

Pressure as from a stone

Colic, with chilliness in evening.

Coldness; after eating

Constriction; extending to bladder

Emptiness

pressure

Heaviness; before period

As if something were in abdomen (movements, lumps, etc.); movements in abdomen; before stool

sensation of stone in abdomen

Noises from abdomen

gurgling

rumbling; evening

Pain

evening

must bend double

bending double

in women; before period

in women; during period

before stool

extending to other parts; to genitals

extending to other parts; to testicles

lower part of abdomen

during period

comes on suddenly

cutting; lower part of abdomen

dragging, bearing down

during period

through spermatic cords

pressing; during period

pressing; lower part of abdomen

downward

toward genitals

during period

as if period would come on

outwards

Bladder

catarrh mucous-pus (see urine, sediment containing pus)

inflammation

pain; comes on suddenly

urge to urinate, but producing nothing

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); frequent (see urination, frequent); when period is suppressed

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); ineffectual

urging to urinate (unhealthy desire); sudden; must hasten to urinate, or urine will escape

urination; dribbling (by drops)

urination; frequent; exposure to cold and wet

urination; interrupted (intermittent); cutting pain in swollen prostate with each spurt

urination; involuntary, incontinence; night, bed wetting

urination; involuntary, incontinence; during cough

urination; involuntary, incontinence; during pregnancy

urination; involuntary, incontinence; while sitting

urination; involuntary, incontinence; while walking

Kidneys; pain; shooting (see sudden, sharp); sore, bruised

Stomach

desires, cravings; indistinct, knows not what

disordered

ice cream

burping, belching; evening

burping, belching; night

burping, belching; after eating butter

burping, belching; after eating

burping, belching; after fats

burping, belching; bitter

night

burping, belching; fluid

burping, belching; tasting of meat; bad meat

burping, belching; nauseous

burping, belching; tasting of rancid animal fat

fullness; after eating

indigestion

after ice cream

after meat; after pork

pain; evening

pain; during chill

pain; scraping

pulsation

retching; with cough

thirst; afternoon; 2 p.m.

thirst; before chill

thirst; after chill

without thirst

Eating

Averse to fat food, warm food, and drink

Eructations; Taste of food remains a long time; after ices, fruits, pastry

Bitter taste, diminished taste of all food

Dyspepsia, with great tightness after a meal; must loosen clothing

Vomiting of food eaten long before

Stomach

aversion to certain foods or drinks; butter

aversion to certain foods or drinks; warm drinks

aversion to certain foods or drinks; fats and rich food

aversion to certain foods or drinks; warm food

aversion to certain foods or drinks; meat

desires, cravings; cold food

disordered; after fat food

burping, belching; after rich food

burping, belching; food (regurgitation)

burping, belching; tasting like food

nausea; after eating; rich food

pain; after eating; fatty food

pain; after eating; rich food

pain; warm food

pain; pressing; after fatty food

Flatus

Flatulence

obstructed

Nausea

Stomach

nausea; morning

nausea; during cough

nausea; after drinking

nausea; after eating

ice cream

pork

nausea; in women; with suppressed period

nausea; warm drinks

Vomiting

vomiting; during headache

vomiting; sour

▲   RECTUM, ANUS, STOOL

Rectum

Diarrhoea

night

open air

after certain foods or drinks; rich food

after certain foods or drinks; fruit

after certain foods or drinks; pastry

after eating

after not being careful what is eaten

after opium

after being over-heated

after quinine

warm room

Flatulence

offensive

Haemorrhoids; internal

Pain

soreness

urge to stool, or urinate, but producing nothing; after stool

Stool

Rumbling, watery; worse, night

No two stools alike

After fruit ( Arsenicum Album ^Ars.; CHIN.) Blind hemorrhoid, with itching and sticking pains

Dysentery; mucus and blood, with chilliness ( Merc Viv ^Merc.; Rheum ^Rheum.) Two or three normal stools daily.

Strong and sharp (acrid), corrosive, wearing away skin

Bilious

Changeable

Chopped food; eggs

Flat

Green

Mucous, slimy

green

Containing pus

Watery

White

▲   GENITALS ETC

Urine

Increased desire; Worse when lying down

Burning in orifice of urethra during and after micturition

Involuntary micturition at night, while coughing or passing flatus

After urinating, spasmodic pain in bladder.

Bloody

Copious

Sediment

bloody

mucous

red

Urethra

Thick, yellow discharge from urethra; late stage of gonorrhoea

Male; erections; painful (see urethra)

Urethra (urinary part of genitals); painful during erection

contraction

suppressed gonorrhoea

discharge

gonorrhoea

discharge; greenish; yellow

thick, with persistent, painful erection

discharge; yellow

chronic

haemorrhage; after suppressed gonorrhoea

pain; after urinating

closing

Male

Male

Orchitis; pain from abdomen to testicles

inflammation; testes

left

from suppressed gonorrhoea

pain; testes

while sitting

pain; aching; testes

pain; burning; testes

with swelling

pain; pressing; testes

pain; sore; testes

evening

while sitting

pain; tearing; testes

swelling; testes

left

from mumps

tubercles (nodules, knob-like lumps); testes

testes and scrotum (balls); scrotum swollen by fluid accumulation

of boys

testes and scrotum (balls); relaxed, scrotum

Female

Female

vaginal discharge

vaginal discharge; strong and sharp (acrid), wearing away skin

vaginal discharge; burning

vaginal discharge; cream-like

vaginal discharge; gonorrhoea

vaginal discharge; while lying

vaginal discharge; from masturbation

vaginal discharge; milky

vaginal discharge; thin, watery

Womb

congestion; womb

inflammation; womb

pain; womb (see abdomen, pain)

comes on suddenly

wandering

pain; cutting; womb

pain; sore, tenderness; womb; during sexual intercourse

prolapse; womb

relaxation of muscles; womb

womb does not return to normal size after birth (subinvolution)

Genitals

Too late, scanty, thick, dark, Clotted, changeable, intermittent

Chilliness, nausea, downward pressure,

Stricture; urine passed only in drops, and stream interrupted ( Clemat.) acute prostatitis

Pain and tenesmus in urinating, Worse lying on back.

Male

inflammation; spermatic cords

inflammation; sperm tube

sexual passion; increased

sexual passion; suppressed

swelling; spermatic cords

tubercles (nodules, knob-like lumps); spermatic cord

prostate gland; enlargement

prostate gland; inflammation

prostate gland; pain; after urinating

prostate gland; pain; pressing; after urinating

Female

after-birth; scanty

after-birth; suppressed

miscarriage

metrorrhagia (non-menstrual bleeding)

comes on suddenly

pain; pains after giving birth

pain; labour-like

pain; labour pains; ceasing

pain; labour pains; false labour pains

pain; labour pains; ineffectual

pain; labour pains; irregular

pain; labour pains; spasmodic

pain; labour pains; weak

sexual intercourse; desire increased

swollen

Menses

Amenorrhoea ( Cimicifuga Racemosa ^Cimicif.; Senecio Aureus ^Senec.; Polygon.) Suppressed menses from wet feet, nervous debility, or chlorosis

Tardy menses

Female

congestion; womb; during period

period; daytime only

period; amenorrhoea (suppression or absence of period)

period; black

period; changeable in appearance

period; clotted

period; dark

period; first period delayed in girls

period; intermittent

period; late

period; painful; from getting feet wet

period; protracted

period; scanty

period; short duration

period; suppressed

from getting feet wet

period; thick

period; thin

pain; womb (see abdomen, pain); before period

pain; womb (see abdomen, pain); during period

makes her cry out

pain; womb (see abdomen, pain); when period is suppressed

pain; bearing down; womb, and region of womb (see labour-like pains, also pains in abdomen); during period

prolapse; womb; during period

sexual intercourse; desire increased; during period

▲   EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

Drawing, tensive pain in thighs and legs, with restlessness, sleeplessness, and Chilliness

pain in limbs, shifting rapidly; tensive pain, Letting up with a snap

Numbness around elbow

Hip-joint painful

Knees swollen, with tearing drawing pains

Boring pain in heels toward evening; Suffering worse from letting the affected limb hang down ( Vipera ^Vipera.) Veins in forearms and hands swollen

Feet red, inflamed, swollen

Legs feel heavy and weary.

Coldness

upper limbs

upper limbs; hands

lower limbs

foot

foot; mental exertion

Pulling up limbs

Dryness; joints

Emaciated, extremely thin; diseased limb

Fullness; hand; veins of hand

Hands and feet

chilblains

chilblains; inflamed

chilblains; hands

itching

chilblains; feet

chilblains; toes

Heat

hand

foot

burning

burning; uncovers them

sole; uncovers them

Heaviness

upper limbs

foot

Inflammation; knee

Movements and positions

jerking; knee

trembling; foot

Numbness (see tingling); upper limbs; while lying on it

hand

during chill

lower limbs

during period

leg; during period

foot; with chill

Pain

morning

in bed

open air

during chill

cold applications

movement

on beginning to move

comes on suddenly

rheumatic

cold

wandering, shifting

wet weather

in bones

joints

morning; in bed

wandering

warmth

upper limbs

uncovering

warmth

lower limbs; cold

lower limbs; sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh); open air

lower limbs; sciatica (pain radiating from back along back of thigh); warm room

hip

walking

thigh; evening

thigh; movement

knee; movement

lower leg; evening

lower leg; movement

ankle; warmth

foot; heel

evening

boring; foot; heel

evening

burning; hand; evening

burning; foot; back of

as if dislocated; hip

pulling; lower limbs; evening

pulling; hip

pulling; thigh

evening

night

movement

when warm in bed

pulling; knee

while walking

pulling; leg

evening

movement

pulling; foot

sore, bruised; during heat

sore, bruised; joints

sore, bruised; thigh; bone

as if sprained; joint

stitching, sudden, sharp; lower limbs; walking

tearing; slow movement

tearing; joints

tearing; knee

while walking

Perspiration

foot

foot; cold

foot; offensive smelling

Restlessness

Skin

chicken pox (see swelling); upper limbs

chicken pox (see swelling); lower limbs

during pregnancy

chicken pox (see swelling); leg

painful

during pregnancy

stinging

chicken pox (see swelling); foot

discoloration; red; joints

felon (whitlow, onychia, paronychia, foot rot, etc.); beginning in nail; cold application

itching; lower limbs

out-break on skin; rash

ulcers; lower limbs; burning

ulcers; lower limbs; offensive smelling

ulcers; lower limbs; mottled

Stiffness; knee; while walking

Swollen

hand; veins

lower limbs; after poisoning by china

knee

hot

painful

painless

glandular swellings

foot

stinging

Tension, tightness

increases gradually and ceases suddenly

thigh

evening

pulling

leg; evening

Tingling, prickling, asleep (see numbness)

upper limbs; side lain on

Inclination to uncover; feet

▲   FEVER AND CHILL

Fever and chill

Chilliness, even in warm room, Without thirst

Chilly with pains, in spots, worse evening

Chill about 4 P.M

Intolerable burning heat at night, with distended veins; heat in parts of body, coldness in other

One-sided sweat; pains during sweat

External heat is intolerable, veins are distended

During apyrexia, headache, diarrhoea, loss of appetite, nausea.

Noon

Afternoon

Afternoon; following heat

Evening

after lying down

with the pains

Night; before midnight

Open air

exercise in open air

In bed

when turning over in bed

Changing type

Chilliness (see also whole body

temperature)

temperature); evening

temperature); before period

temperature); during period

From coughing

Eating warm things

When not careful what is eaten

External; in spots

When heated, overheated

Internal

In women

before period

during period

After movement

Movement

With pain

Periodic, recurring

recurring daily

recurring every third day

every fourth day

irregular

With perspiration

With fever, but chill predominating

afternoon

evening

Shaking, shivering, rigors

Sides, one-sided

Single parts

At certain time of day or night

from 1 p.m.

from 4 p.m.

In warmth; in warm room; not relieved in warm room, nor by a warm heater

Warmth is unbearable

Morning; in bed

Afternoon

after lying down

2 p.m.

followed by chill at 4 p.m.

Evening

on entering the room

Night

with perspiration

In bed (see night and warmth)

Localised; stomach (gastric fever)

Burning heat

evening

night

intolerable burning heat in bed

Attacks changing

after poisoning by quinine

no two attacks are alike

Fever without chill

afternoon; 2 p.m.

evening

With chilliness

Continued fever; evening

Dry heat

evening

evening; swollen veins and burning hands that seek out cool places

Fever with skin out-break; measles

External heat

Inflammatory fever

Intense heat

with delirium

Comes on suddenly

increasing in severity

irregular

long chill, little heat, no thirst

Perspiration with heat

One-sided

Stages of chill, heat and sweat

chill followed by heat

chill followed by heat, then sweat

heat followed by chill

Aversion to uncovering

Desire to uncover

Warmth

covering

warm room

Washing

In women; from childbirth

▲   INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS

Injuries and accidents

Injuries in general

Poisoning

poisoning by quinine

poisoning by sulphur

▲   GENERALITIES

Sleep and dreams

Wide awake in the evening; first sleep restless

Wakes languid, unrefreshed

Irresistible sleepiness in afternoon

Sleeps with hands over head.

Deep

Dreams

anxious

confused

frightful

of misfortune

pleasant

Position

arms over head

arms on abdomen

on back

Restless

Sleepiness, tiredness

evening

overpowering; afternoon

Sleeplessness, insomnia

evening

heat

night

from before midnight

night; with sleepiness

night; from thoughts; from activity of mind

night; from thoughts; same idea always repeated

night; twitching of the limbs

Waking

from cough

frequent

Yawning; before period

Convulsions

Convulsions; internal

Perspiration

Morning

after heat

during sleep

Evening; lasting all night

Night

lasting all night without relief

talkative

during sleep

during dazed slumber

Odour; offensive

When indoors

One-sided

left

Single parts

During sleep

When waking from sleep

Generalities

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

twilight

Night

before midnight

Desire for open air

Anaemia

as from iron deficiency - greenish yellow skin

General physical anxiety

Bathing; the affected part

Change of position

Becoming heated

Blood vessels

congestion of blood

excited, rapid blood flow; after emotions

veins and arteries swollen from inner pressure, during fever (distended)

veins and arteries swollen from inner pressure

evening

varicose veins

painful

during pregnancy

Constriction

internally

bones

sensation of a band

Contradictory and alternating states

Dehydration

Eating and food

after eating

when eating to satiety

bread

and butter

buckwheat

butter

fat

frozen food

fruit

pancakes

pastry

pork

rich

warm food

Emaciated (extremely thin); parts affected with disease

Faintness, fainting

in a close room

in a crowded street

from heat

warm room

during labour

Haemorrhage

Heaviness

externally

internally

Inflammation

externally

internally

bones

Jerking; internally

Lying down

lying down

after lying down

lying on back

lying in bed

lying on side; on left side

lying on side; on painless side

After measles

Movement

at beginning of movement

after

of affected part

continued movement

Mucous secretions increased

Numbness

internally; parts lain on

internally; in single parts

internally; of suffering parts

Pain

bones

parts recently lain on

boring

burning externally; internally

burning externally; glands

constricting; externally

cutting; internally

gnawing, biting; internally

jerking; externally

jerking; internally

pressing; externally

pressing; internally

pressing; from within outward

as if scraped

sore, bruised; internally

sudden, sharp; externally

sudden, sharp; internally

sudden, sharp; bones

sudden, sharp; glands

sudden, sharp; muscles

tearing in muscles

tearing; externally

tearing; internally

tearing; glands

tearing; muscles; jerking in muscles

ulcerative; externally

ulcerative; internally

wandering

Paralysis; of organs

In women

symptoms before period

symptoms during period

symptoms when breast feeding children

Pressure; on painless side

Pulsation

internally

Rubbing

Running

Sensitive

externally

to pain

Suppression of sexual desire

Symptoms not symmetrical; right

While sitting

Before sleep

At beginning of sleep

During sleep

Standing

Stretching

before urination

From sun; from exposure to sun

Swelling

in general

of affected parts

bones

swollen sensation

glands

Tension

externally

internally

Temperature (felt and effects of temperature); hot feeling; sensation of heat

hot feeling

sensation of heat; eating warm food

becoming cold

after becoming cold

warmth

warm room

warm bed

warm air

becoming warm in open air

Tobacco

Trembling; externally

Vaults, cellars, etc.

Vomiting

On waking

Walking

beginning of walk

in open air

walking slowly

Warmth

warm room

warm bed

warm air

becoming warm in open air

Wraps

From getting wet

feet

Weakness (see lethargic, weariness); morning; in bed

morning

while lying

mental exertion

nervous weakness

on waking

warm room

Weariness (see weakness)

Wet weather

From wind

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